Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says there are 93.4 million registered and eligible voters in Nigeria.
The INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, made the disclosure on Wednesday at a meeting with political parties at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
Yakubu, who presented the voters’ register to the political parties in accordance with the electoral act, said the register now contains 93,469,008 registered Nigerians eligible to vote in the forthcoming elections.
He disclosed that Lagos leads with 7,060,195 voters, followed by Kano with 5,921,370, and Kaduna with 4,335,208.
By gender distribution, the number of male voters stands at 49,054,162, while female voters stand at 44,414,846.
Also, youths aged 18 to 34 make up the majority by age with a figure of 37,060,399, representing 39.66 percent of the voters.
According to occupation, students lead with 26,027,481 voters.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu
Meanwhile, Yakubu disclosed that INEC has removed names of ineligible persons from the voters’ register.
In November 2022, the commission published the preliminary register of voters across LGAs on its website.
The register elicited concerns from Nigerians who posted snapshots of sections showing pictures of persons who appeared to be below the age of 18.
Some of the snapshots posted also showed what appeared to be multiple registrations in some states.
Giving an update on Wednesday, Yakubu said INEC received more than 53,000 objections to the register, after which the ineligible voters were removed.
“After the cleaning up of the data from the last continuous voter registration (CVR) exercise, 9,518,188 new voters were added to the previous register, resulting in the preliminary register of 93,522,272 which was presented to Nigerians for claims and objections as required by law,” he said.
“At the end of the period for claims and objections by citizens, the commission received 53,264 objections from Nigerians to the prevalence of ineligible persons on the register by virtue of age, citizenship or death.
“These names have been verified and removed from the register.”
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